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Hard sci-fi authors largely dislike LLMs, citing ineffectiveness and IP concerns

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Ethan Mollick observed that a significant number of hard science fiction authors express negative views towards large language models (LLMs). Their criticisms range from viewing LLMs as ineffective "parrots" to concerns about intellectual property and existential risks. AI

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Hard sci-fi authors largely dislike LLMs, citing ineffectiveness and IP concerns

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emollick.bsky.social ·

    Was just skimming through the webpages of some of my favorite hard science fiction authors and wow the majority of them hate LLMs: a surprising number of them b

    Was just skimming through the webpages of some of my favorite hard science fiction authors and wow the majority of them hate LLMs: a surprising number of them because they think it is a useless parrot that doesn’t work(!), some because of IP, and a minority because of worries abo…

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